X v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

Subject Matter

PRACTICE — Anonymity order — Approval of settlement of personal injury claim — Claimant applying for anonymity order — Whether order to be granted

[2013] EWHC 3956 (QB); [2013] CN 1960, QBD

PRACTICE — Approval of settlement of personal injury claim — Anonymity order — Child claimant on application for approval of settlement of personal injury claim seeking anonymity order — Whether to be granted — Guidelines as to factors relevant to decision whether to grant — Principles to be applied

[2015] EWCA Civ 96; [2015] 1 WLR 3647; 143 BMLR 166; [2015] PIQR P14; [2015] Med LR 103; [2015] WLR (D) 77; [2015] CP Rep 22, CA

Appellate History

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: X v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust [2015] EWCA Civ 96; [2015] 1 WLR 3647; 143 BMLR 166; [2015] PIQR P14; [2015] Med LR 103; [2015] WLR (D) 77; [2015] CP Rep 22, CA

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: X v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust [2013] EWHC 3956 (QB); [2013] CN 1960, QBD

A (A Child) v Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2011] EWHC 454 (QB); (2011) 120 BMLR 59; [2011] EMLR 18; [2011] Med LR 247, QBD

Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd (No 2) [1990] 1 AC 109; [1988] 2 WLR 805; [1988] 3 All ER 545, Ch D

CVB v MGN Ltd [2012] EWHC 1148 (QB); [2012] EMLR 29, QBD

Comrs for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs v Banerjee [2009] EWHC 1229 (Ch), Ch D

H v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 42; [2011] 1 WLR 1645; [2011] 2 All ER 324; [2011] 2 FCR 95; [2011] EMLR 15; [2011] WLR (D) 27; (2011) 161 NLJ 211; The Times, 7 February 2011, CA

In re Guardian News and Media Ltd [2010] UKSC 1; [2010] 2 AC 697; [2010] 2 WLR 325; [2010] 2 All ER 799; [2010] WLR (D) 13; Case details, SC(E)

In re J (A Child) (Identification: Restrictions on Publication) [2013] EWHC 2694 (Fam); [2014] 1 FLR 523; [2014] 2 FCR 284; [2013] CN 1340, Fam D

In re Press Association (Robert Jolleys) [2013] EWCA Crim 1135; [2014] 1 Cr App R 215, CA

Independent Publishing Co Ltd v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago [2004] UKPC 26; [2005] 1 AC 190; [2004] 3 WLR 611, PC

JXF v York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2010] EWHC 2800 (QB), QBD

LK v Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals Nhs Trust [2010] EWHC 1928 (QB); 2010 EWHC 1928 (QB), QBD

MXB v East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust [2012] EWHC 3279 (QB); [2013] 1 FLR 1152; (2012) 130 BMLR 44; [2013] Med LR 13; [2013] Crim LR 417; [2012] CN 116, QBD

Cases cited in: X v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust [2015] EWCA Civ 96; [2015] 1 WLR 3647; 143 BMLR 166; [2015] PIQR P14; [2015] Med LR 103; [2015] WLR (D) 77; [2015] CP Rep 22, CA

A (A Child) v Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2011] EWHC 454 (QB); (2011) 120 BMLR 59; [2011] EMLR 18; [2011] Med LR 247, QBD

A v B plc (Confidential information) [2002] EWCA Civ 337; [2003] QB 195; [2002] 3 WLR 542; [2002] 2 All ER 545; [2002] 1 FLR 1021, CA

A v British Broadcasting Corpn (Secretary of State for the Home Department intervening) [2014] UKSC 25; [2015] AC 588; [2014] 2 WLR 1243; 2014 SC (UKSC) 151; [2014] 2 All ER 1037; [2014] WLR (D) 196; Case details, SC(Sc)

Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd (No 2) [1988] UKHL 6; [1990] 1 AC 109; [1988] 3 WLR 776; [1988] 3 All ER 545, HL(E)

Attorney-General v Leveller Magazine Ltd [1979] AC 440; [1979] 2 WLR 247; [1979] 1 All ER 745; 68 Cr App R 342, HL(E)

B and P v United Kingdom (2001) 34 EHRR 529

Bank Mellat v HM Treasury (No 2) [2013] UKSC 38; [2013] UKSC 39; [2014] AC 700; [2013] 3 WLR 179; [2013] 4 All ER 495; [2013] 4 All ER 533; [2013] Lloyd's Rep FC 580; [2013] HRLR 30; [2013] WLR (D) 244, SC(E)

Birchall, In re 16 ChD 41, CA

Briffett v Crown Prosecution Service [2001] EWHC 841 (Admin); [2002] EMLR 203

CVB v MGN Ltd [2012] EWHC 1148 (QB); [2012] EMLR 29, QBD

Deripaska v Cherney [2012] EWCA Civ 1235; [2013] CP Rep 1, CA

Dietz v Lennig Chemicals Ltd [1969] 1 AC 170; [1967] 3 WLR 165; [1967] 2 All ER 282, HL(E)

Dunhill v Burgin (No 2) [2014] UKSC 18; [2014] 1 WLR 933; [2014] 2 All ER 364; [2014] RTR 227; [2014] WLR (D) 122; Case details, SC(E)

EV (Phillippines) v Secretary of State for Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 874; [2014] CN 1146, CA

Ex parte Crook [1995] 1 WLR 139; [1995] 1 All ER 537; [1995] 1 FLR 132; [1995] 2 Cr App R 212, CA

H v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 42; [2011] 1 WLR 1645; [2011] 2 All ER 324; [2011] 2 FCR 95; [2011] EMLR 15; [2011] WLR (D) 27; (2011) 161 NLJ 211; The Times, 7 February 2011, CA

Hode and Abdi v United Kingdom (2012) 56 EHRR 960

Home Office v Harman [1983] 1 AC 280; [1982] 2 WLR 338; [1982] 1 All ER 532, HL(E)

Hunt v Severs [1994] 2 AC 350; [1994] 2 WLR 602; [1994] 2 All ER 385; [1994] 2 Lloyd's Rep 129, HL(E)

IB v CB [2010] EWHC 3815 (QB), QBD

In re Guardian News and Media Ltd [2010] UKSC 1; [2010] 2 AC 697; [2010] 2 WLR 325; [2010] 2 All ER 799; [2010] WLR (D) 13; Case details, SC(E)

In re J (A Child) (Identification: Restrictions on Publication) [2013] EWHC 2694 (Fam); [2014] 1 FLR 523; [2014] 2 FCR 284; [2013] CN 1340, Fam D

In re K (Infants) [1965] AC 201; [1963] 3 WLR 408; [1963] 3 All ER 191, HL(E)

In re Press Association (Robert Jolleys) [2013] EWCA Crim 1135; [2014] 1 Cr App R 215, CA

In re S (A Child) (Identification: Restrictions on Publication) [2004] UKHL 47; [2005] 1 AC 593; [2004] 3 WLR 1129; [2004] 4 All ER 683; [2005] 1 FLR 591, HL(E)

Independent News and Media Ltd v A [2010] EWCA Civ 343; [2010] 1 WLR 2262; [2010] 2 FLR 1290; [2010] WLR (D) 94, CA

JXF v York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2010] EWHC 2800 (QB), QBD

Jeffrey v Kent County Council [1958] 1 WLR 927, QBD

K v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 439; [2011] 1 WLR 1827; [2011] WLR (D) 141, CA

LK v Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals Nhs Trust [2010] EWHC 1928 (QB); 2010 EWHC 1928 (QB), QBD

MXB v East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust [2012] EWHC 3279 (QB); [2013] 1 FLR 1152; (2012) 130 BMLR 44; [2013] Med LR 13; [2013] Crim LR 417; [2012] CN 116, QBD

McCartan Turkington Breen v Times Newspapers Ltd [2001] 2 AC 277; [2000] 3 WLR 1670; [2000] 4 All ER 913, HL(NI)

Practice Guidance (Family Courts: Transparency) [2014] EWHC B3 (Fam); [2014] 1 WLR 230; [2014] 1 FLR 733; [2014] 2 FCR 226; [2014] EMLR 22, Fam D

Practice Guidance (Interim Non-disclosure Orders) [2012] 1 WLR 1003; [2012] EMLR 5, Sen Cts

Public Guardian v JM [2014] EWCOP 7; [2014] CN 1145, Ct of Protection

R (JC) v Central Criminal Court [2014] EWCA Civ 1777; [2015] 1 WLR 2865; [2014] WLR (D) 497, CA

R (M) v Parole Board (Associated Newspapers Ltd intervening) [2013] EWHC 1360 (Admin); [2013] CN 764, DC

R (RJM) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2008] UKHL 63; [2009] 1 AC 311; [2008] 3 WLR 1023; [2009] PTSR 336; [2009] 2 All ER 556, HL(E)

R (Willford) v Financial Services Authority (No 2) [2013] EWCA Civ 674; [2013] CN 922; [2013] CP Rep 43, CA

R v Central Criminal Court, Ex p W [2001] 1 Cr App R 7, DC

R v Felixstowe Justices, Ex parte Leigh [1987] QB 582; [1987] 2 WLR 380; [1987] 1 All ER 551; 84 Cr App R 327, DC

R v Lee [1993] 1 WLR 103; [1993] 2 All ER 170; 96 Cr App R 188, CA

R v Legal Aid Board, Ex parte Kaim Todner [1999] QB 966; [1998] 3 WLR 925; [1998] 3 All ER 541; (1998) 148 NLJ 941; The Times, 15 June 1998; The Independent, 12 June 1998, CA

Rhodes v Swithenbank 22 QBD 577, CA

S v Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council [2008] EWHC 3283 (Fam), Fam D

Scott v Scott [1913] UKHL 2; [1913] AC 417; 29 TLR 520, HL(E)

Surrey County Council v P (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2014] UKSC 19; [2014] AC 896; [2014] 2 WLR 642; [2014] PTSR 460; [2014] 2 All ER 585; [2014] WLR (D) 140; Case details, SC(E)

XYZ v Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust [2011] EWHC 243 (QB), QBD

ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 4; [2011] 2 AC 166; [2011] 2 WLR 148; [2011] 2 All ER 783; [2011] 1 FLR 2170; [2011] 1 FCR 221; [2011] HRLR 15; [2011] INLR 369; [2011] WLR (D) 32; The Times, 8 February 2011; Case details, SC(E)

Subsequent Consideration

Cases subsequently considering: X v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust [2015] EWCA Civ 96; [2015] 1 WLR 3647; 143 BMLR 166; [2015] PIQR P14; [2015] Med LR 103; [2015] WLR (D) 77; [2015] CP Rep 22, CA

Cases citing

Cases citing: X v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust [2015] EWCA Civ 96; [2015] 1 WLR 3647; 143 BMLR 166; [2015] PIQR P14; [2015] Med LR 103; [2015] WLR (D) 77; [2015] CP Rep 22, CA

AB v University of XYZ (Supplementary Judgment) [2020] EWHC 2980 (QB), QBD

ABC v St George’s Healthcare NHS trust [2015] EWHC 1394 (QB); [2015] CN 843, QBD

Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council [2016] EWHC 2864 (QB), QBD

Berg v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council [2024] EWFC 92, Fam Ct

Birmingham City Council v Riaz [2015] EWHC 1857 (Fam); [2016] 1 FLR 797; [2015] CN 1110, Fam D

Birmingham City Council v Riaz [2015] EWHC 1857 (Fam), Fam D

CTQ v King’s College Hospital NHS Trust [2023] EWHC 2975 (KB), KBD

Correa v BP Plc [2019] EWHC 232 (QB), QBD

DAH v Kenny [2023] EWHC 1759 (KB), KBD

Eurasian Natural Resources Corpn Ltd v Dechert LLP [2016] EWCA Civ 375; [2016] 1 WLR 5027; [2017] 3 All ER 1084; [2016] WLR (D) 210, CA

FB (by her mother and litigation friend WAC) v Rana [2015] EWHC 1536 (Admin); [2015] CN 926, QBD

FB (suing my her Mother and Litigation Friend WAC) (2015) v Rana (Sohail) [2015] EWHC 1536 (QB), QBD

FLR v Chandran [2024] EWHC 24 (KB), KBD

GB v Home Office [2015] EWHC 819 (QB); [2015] CN 596, QBD

GJC v Walker [2024] EWHC 182 (KB), KBD

Gestrust Sa v Sixteen Defendants (Including three minors and one minor who has now attained majority) [2016] EWHC 3067 (Ch), Ch D

H v A (No 2) [2015] EWHC 2630 (Fam); [2016] 2 FLR 723; [2016] 1 FCR 338; [2015] CN 1509; [2015] Fam Law 1476, Fam D

HMA v Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 1917 (QB), QBD

Jones v Ministry of Defence [2020] EWHC 1603 (QB), QBD

L v L (Ancillary Relief Proceedings: Anonymity) [2015] EWHC 2621 (Fam); [2016] 1 WLR 1259; [2016] 2 FLR 552; [2015] WLR (D) 391; [2015] Fam Law 1474, Fam D

MHE v Wye Valley NHS Trust [2024] EWHC 25 (KB), KBD

Money v AB [2021] EWHC 2999 (Ch), Ch D

Mrs A v East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 1038 (QB), QBD

Norman v Norman [2017] EWCA Civ 49; [2017] 1 WLR 2523; [2018] 1 All ER 769; [2018] 1 FLR 426; [2017] WLR (D) 82, CA

PXC v AB College [2022] EWHC 3571 (KB); [2023] 1 WLR 3919; [2023] WLR(D) 146, QBD

R (DXK) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 579 (Admin); [2024] 4 WLR 46; [2024] WLR(D) 144, KBD

R (Dolan) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2020] EWHC 1786 (Admin), QBD

R (EA) v Chairman of the Manchester Arena Inquiry [2020] EWHC 2053 (Admin), DC

R v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2017] EWHC 1245 (QB); [2017] 1 WLR 4847; [2017] WLR (D) 359, QBD

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council v M [2016] EWHC 2660 (Fam); [2016] 4 WLR 177; [2017] 2 FLR 366, Fam D

SMO (A Child) v Tiktok Inc [2020] EWHC 3589 (QB); [2021] 2 FLR 917, QBD

SWS v Department for Work and Pensions [2018] EWHC 1998 (QB), QBD

South Downs Trustees Ltd v GH [2018] EWHC 1064 (Ch), Ch D

Southend Borough Council v O [2017] EWHC 1949 (Fam); [2017] 4 WLR 185; [2018] 1 FLR 837, Fam D

Sutton London Borough Council v MH (No 2) [2016] EWHC 1371 (Fam); [2017] 2 FLR 263, Fam D

TUV v Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 2829 (QB), QBD

V v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2016] EWCOP 21, Ct of Protection

X v Y (Restraining Abuse of Children's Guardian) [2021] EWHC 2139 (Fam); [2022] 2 FLR 334, Fam D

XX (a protected party, by YY, his mother and litigation friend) v Barts Health NHS Trust [2023] EWHC 963 (KB), KBD

Zeromska-Smith v United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 552 (QB), QBD

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